User:Ephraem

Zenaida, my wife, joined me in my journey to the Church, and together we attended our first Orthodox service on the Sunday of St. John Climacus, 2004.

There are two
relatively mundane events that I think influenced my being drawn to the Orthodox Church:

Discovering the writings of Fr. Seraphim Rose in the library at the University of Oregon in the early 90's

Seeing in a bookstore window a very large poster of a dire looking schemamonk with the caption "The Real Superman". Not that I knew anything at all about schemamonks, but I could clearly see that this Christian monk was very much, spiritually speaking, heavy duty.

Yet in my worldly ways I continued to struggle with the foolishness of Christianity for another decade. Today, I am still wrestling with it!Only now, I am wrestling with it, but with much hope and as a member of His Holy Church.